Business Daily

Exeter Chamber calls for immediate financial support for businesses following the Plan B announcement by the government. The urgent request follows a recent poll where businesses across the city express their concern of the negative impact on their business during the crucial festive trading period.

The poll revealed that 46% of businesses surveyed expressed an opinion that the new measures would impact their business negatively, with three quarters (77%) of respondents concerned about increased restrictions on their business in January 2022.

This week, Rishi Sunak...

Stoford is making progress on a new DHL parcel distribution service centre as part of the next phase of a job-creating logistics park in East Devon. Construction is underway on two new buildings that will deliver a combined 83,500 sq ft of industrial/logistics accommodation at Exeter Logistics Park, on the former Hayes Farm, Clyst Honiton. They include a modern, bespoke facility of 55,000 sq ft on behalf of DHL that has been designed to reduce the logistics firm’s environmental footprint by minimising the number of vehicles required on site. Stoford is targeting BREEAM ‘very good’ and an...

More than 30 jobs are set to be created in Exeter after a major UK builders merchant revealed that it will open a new branch next year.

Selco Builders Warehouse is due to open its new store on Filmer Way in Exeter in April.

It will be Selco’s 73rd branch in the UK,and continues its ongoing nationwide expansion plan.

Recruitment will cover a wide variety of positions, with virtually all the jobs expected to be given to people from the local area.

Howard Luft, chief executive of Selco Builders Warehouse, said: “Exeter has been an area we have identified...

The first corporate esports festival for the whole of the South West is taking place in Exeter next year, organised by Tech South West in partnership with Exeter College.

Esports is one of the fastest growing industries in the world, with a global revenue of over $1bn and an audience of 474m in 2021, according to Newzoo. Esports first appeared as an official medal sport at the Asian Indoor Games in Macau in 2007, with the International Olympic Committee suggesting in 2017 that they may be included in future Olympic tournaments.

Exeter College will host the first region-...